What is so good about user-centered design? Documenting the effect of usability sessions on novice software designers

Journal of Research on Computing in Education

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 235-250

  Sugar, William A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert novice differcnces; Software development; Usability sessions; User centered design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010509976     PISSN: 08886504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08886504.2001.10782312     Document Type: Article

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